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It is now a decade since the Liikanen Report was published. While the proposal for structural reform in the banking sector was not implemented in the EU, many of the ideas brought forward by the high-level expert group can be found in other regulatory...
In a joint paper, Nicola Costa (SRB), Bert Van Roosebeke (IADI), Ruth Walters and Rastko Vrbaski (both BIS FSI) discuss how support by deposit insurers to bank failure management is subject to different types of quantitative constraints, which vary across...
*All figures and documents available in this section reflect the situation as of the day the Decision on the calculation of the 2023 ex-ante contributions (decision SRB/ES/2023/23 of 2 May 2023) was adopted.
Each year, pursuant to Article 70(2) of the...
Euro area banks have emerged from the pandemic largely unscathed, mainly due to the unprecedented support from governments, central banks, regulators and supervisors. Bank capital in the form of Common Equity Tier 1 even increased throughout the pandemic...
Each year, we collect contributions to build up the Single Resolution Fund (SRF), an emergency crisis fund that supports bank resolution. Around 3,000 banks and other financial institutions, across the 21 EU countries that make up the Banking Union, will...
SRB staff members occasionally publish working papers or other analysis intended to stimulate discussion on topics related to our role and mandate.
They should be considered “work in progress” and are addressed to experts in the field.
The views expressed...
Abstract: This staff working paper provides a methodology for the ex-ante estimation of the potential liquidity needs that banks could foresee in resolution. Several estimates are provided depending on the timing of the intervention. The sample covers the...
The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has published its operational guidance on the identification and mobilisation of collateral in resolution. It is aimed at banks’ capacity to identify and mobilise certain asset classes that could be used as collateral in...
The SRB is continuously enhancing its approach to the public interest assessment (PIA). This is the main policy tool used to assess whether a failing bank should be resolved in the public interest, or whether it can be liquidated under normal insolvency...
Welcome to the new SRB podcast, where our hosts Samy Harraz and Susan Carroll explore different aspects of bank resolution in just five questions.
We are just starting out on our podcast journey - so feel free to suggest topics that you would like us to...
The dawn of the New Year is not the only time that we at the SRB think about resolutions – we do that every day of the year! Our focus is always on making banks resolvable so that we can promote financial stability and protect the taxpayer. However, the...
The SRB has published guidance on solvent wind-down of derivatives and trading books in resolution, in line with its Expectations for Banks document, published in April 2020.
For certain banks, the size and complexity of their trading books could impede...
The SRB’s role is to develop resolution plans that are ready for action at very short notice, for the banks under our remit. If a bank should fail, our goal is to make sure that happens in an organised and orderly way. We make sure that any critical roles...
From the Finnish national resolution authority’s viewpoint, the BRRD offers us strong yet flexible tools to prepare for crisis management in our local banking market. Thanks to the Banking Union (BU), the SRB provides us with skilled professionals and...
*All figures and documents available in this section reflect the situation as of the day the Master Decision on the calculation of the 2022 ex-ante contributions (decision SRB/ES/2022/18 of 11 April 2022) was adopted.
Each year, pursuant to Article 70(2)...
The European Banking Union still awaits completion, with more work urgently needed to move towards a fully integrated system that delivers better crisis management, depositor protection and a stronger banking sector.
The European Commission has recently...
Banks need an authorisation under Articles 77 and 78a of Regulation (EU) 575/2013[1] (CRR) to redeem eligible liabilities, as of 27 June 2019. Article 78a(3) of the CRR provides for the development of regulatory technical standards (RTS) to specify...
Making banks resolvable remains the SRB’s key priority [1]. Banks entered the Covid-19 crisis in a much better shape than during the 2008 financial crisis, and were instrumental for financing the economy. However, the pandemic also reminded stakeholders...